Oral history interview with Josefa Olshavang

Identifier
irn506548
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1989.67.65
  • RG-50.012.0065
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn506548

Extent and Medium

1 videocassette (VHS), sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Creator(s)

  • Malka Drucker
  • Gay Block

Biographical History

Gay Block and Malka Drucker produced the interview with Josefa Olshavang on July 26, 1988 for their book "Rescuers: Portraits of Moral Courage in the Holocaust," Holmes & Meier, 1992, as well as their documentary film "They Risked Their Lives: Rescuers of the Holocaust." The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch received the tapes of the interviews from Malka Drucker and Gay Block in March 1989.

Archival History

Gay Block

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

People

  • Olshavang, Josefa, 1914-
  • Josefa Olshavang
  • Gay Block
  • Malka Drucker

Corporate Bodies

  • Catholic Church

Subjects

  • Klaipėda (Lithuania)
  • Interfaith marriage--Lithuania.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Lithuania.
  • Jews--Lithuania--Klaipėda.
  • Catholics--Lithuania.
  • Women--Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Lithuanian.
  • Antisemitism--Lithuania.
  • Lithuania--History--Soviet occupation, 1940-1941.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Lithuania.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Lithuania.
  • Tuberculosis.
  • Shooting (Execution)--Lithuania.
  • Mass murder--Lithuania.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Hiding places--Lithuania--Klaipėda.
  • Lithuania--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.

Genre

  • Oral histories.
  • Oral History
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